linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] EDAC/ghes: Setup DIMM label from DMI and use it in error reports

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 23:30:50 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <mbrugger@...e.com>,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] EDAC/ghes: Setup DIMM label from DMI and use it in
 error reports

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:25:35PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> but I'm guessing that dmi_memdev_name() doesn't give on my machine what
> it gives on yours.

IOW, this ontop:

diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
index c7d404629863..f84c117c4310 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ static void dimm_setup_label(struct dimm_info *dimm, u16 handle)
        if (bank && *bank && device && *device)
                snprintf(dimm->label, sizeof(dimm->label),
                        "%s %s", bank, device);
-       else
-               snprintf(dimm->label, sizeof(dimm->label),
-                       "unknown memory (handle: 0x%.4x)", handle);
+       /*
+        * else fallback to the EDAC default name.
+        */
 }
 
 static void ghes_edac_dmidecode(const struct dmi_header *dh, void *arg)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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